Immigration, Mental Health, and the Grave Risk Defence

This article by Georgina Emerson, Senior Associate Solicitor, Ellis Jones Solicitors LLP analyses YM v ML (Article 13(b): Behaviour: Mental Health: Immigration) [2025] EWHC 2219 (Fam), a recent Hague Convention case in which the mother, represented pro bono by Ellis Jones, resisted return on the basis of domestic abuse, mental health concerns, and precarious immigration status in Australia.